Michael Simonson

Surprised to see someone so notable in the psych field tweet this (though it seems to have been deleted). While uncommon, U.S. civil commitment courts order people to take meds quite a bit (I can't quantify the rate). When I attended Bellevue's psych ward court, about 20% of

Tommy E. Davis, PhD MPH @TommyDavisPhD

"I knew she had a severe mental illness." By 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘥 does a psychiatrist, or anyone else for that matter, determine an individual's mentation to be ill? His own? The guild's? The society's? The state's? Without a transcendent referent there is no standard, https://t.co/sVJqDmGJaE

Like Laura, I have experienced what she describes in this clip as “the power that licensed mental health professionals have to strip you of your civil liberties, to force you to do things you don’t necessarily want to do.” Thrilled to see her story getting national attention.

Laura Delano @LauraDelano

It was such a blast to go on @TheDarkHorsePod with @BretWeinstein recently. In this clip, I’m talking about the beginnings of how I woke up from being a psychiatric patient back in 2010. https://t.co/TJrPj5JW26

RT @0rf: LAURA: Here's my new book meticulously documenting how antidepressants and antipsychotic prescription drugs made my life worse. I…

RT @QuantPsychiatry: @dawso007 @SameiHuda I guess coming from the NDD space, I always look at "inadequate treatment" as a given. Unless som…

According to @thackerpd, Netflix may be working on a documentary about corruption in psychiatry. 🤞

Paul D. Thacker @thackerpd

Met Laura Delano at a conference last year. We spoke for about an hour. She knew everything about the Senate investigations I ran into corruption in psychiatry. Glad to see this issue is getting more notice. I'm flying back to DC next month to sit for an upcoming documentary, I https://t.co/Pz6H89BMyu

As @robwipond has pointed out in his book, and as I know from my personal experience and reporting, involuntary treatment laws DO NOT target specific behaviors. The language of the laws (danger to self/others) is broad, and applied even more broadly. Do severely mentally unwell

Nicolas Badre @BadreNicolas

Why does involuntary psychiatric treatment target specific behaviors? It's the law. O’Connor v. Donaldson (1975) States cannot "confine a non-dangerous individual capable of surviving safely." = They must be dangerous to (1) others or (2) themselves. Conservatorship of https://t.co/BVwvmoobXs

RT @homeless_new: Kudos ❤️💪 to @msimonson19 and all the others who helped; a pox on his appointed lawyer who didn't return calls, the hospi…

RT @nickgillespie: 'If Russell lost in court, the clinicians would be granted permission to administer up to 30 rounds of [electro-shock tr…

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Rob Wipond @robwipond

A Canadian Office of the Auditor General (OAG) investigation found that medical staff & provincial health authorities overseeing involuntarily committed patients kept such poor records the OAG struggled to investigate at all. And what it did find was still more damning. https://t.co/cKWlnny8ee

RT @lwoodhouse: @pauldrossi @TheFP I don't think it's my job as a journalist to give people hope, especially not false hope. That's the job…

RT @PsychRecovery: @AllenFrancesMD @AllenFrancesMD, If Dr. Max Fink is the "World's Expert on ECT," why do psychiatrists categorically reje…

RT @homeless_new: @msimonson19 @WCCO Hallelujah, for now. The hospital may come back with another attempt when the news storm clears. Than…

RT @robwipond: Florida vet sought treatment voluntarily, wasn't suicidal, & “commended for his courage in reaching out for help”--and was n…

RT @robwipond: A transgender woman won a lawsuit in China for being forcibly subjected to electroshock therapy at a psychiatric hospital to…

RT @robwipond: NYC's Adams renews efforts to expand involuntary commitment. But where oh where does the widespread unquestioned assumption…

Thank you @MarioNawfal for covering David’s story!

Mario Nawfal @MarioNawfal

🇺🇸 MINNESOTA COURT DROPS FORCED ELECTROSHOCK PETITION AGAINST PATIENT Regions Hospital has withdrawn its petition to continue electroshock treatments on David Russell, a software engineer who received 17 previous shock treatments. However, a hearing for forced Clozaril https://t.co/gL3oEOAjKa